Kambiz Norouzi (کامبیز نوروزی in Persian) is a lawyer, university professor, legal advisor of the Association of Iranian Journalists, in which role he spoke out against the closure of newspapers in 2002, and lecturer at Center of Media Education in Iran.
Arrest and imprisonment
Norouzi was arrested during the protests following the disputed June 2009 Iranian presidential election, and in November 2009 was sentenced to two years imprisonment and 74 lashes for conspiracy against national security, spreading anti-government propaganda and disrupting public order.
References
- خاتمي: سأستقيل إن توقفت مسيرة الإصلاح. Islam Online (in Arabic). 5 May 2002. Archived from the original on November 6, 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- "Iran: Tehran journalists' association expands to become national association". IFJ. 22 June 2021.
- "Kambiz Norouzi, legal secretary of journalists' union arrested". NIA Council.org. 28 June 2009.
- "Iran opposition vows protests will go on". CBC News. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- خانوادههای بازداشتشدگان به شدت نگراناند. Deutsche Welle (in Persian). 19 November 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- "IPA Publishes List of Arrested Iranian Journalists, Publishers & Writers & Calls for their Immediate Release" (PDF). International Publishers.org.
- "Defending Press Freedom Association Convenes First Meeting". Tehran Times. 18 August 1999.
External links
- Kambiz Norouzi's Arrest and Imprisonment
- List of members of the Iran journalist associations: Kambiz Norouzi. International Federation of Journalists
- The Plight of Iranian Journalists: Kambiz Norouzi. PBS
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